On June 18, 2015 the Digital Privacy Act, which amends the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (Canada) (“PIPEDA”) received Royal Assent. Most provisions of the Digital Privacy Act are now in force. A copy of the provisions can …

The CRTC, which regulates Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL), has announced that it has imposed its first fine under the new legislation, which came into effect in 2014. Quebec-based Compu-Finder has been fined CDN$ 1,100,000.00 for repeated violations of the CASL rules, …

In January 2011, the Office of the Information & Privacy Commissioner (“OIPC”) released updated privacy guidelines to help Strata Corporations and Strata Agents discharge their duties under the Strata Property Act, while meeting their obligations to protect owners, tenants …

Most of Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation (“CASL”) will come into force on July 1st, 2014. After that date, organizations will either have to have the prior consent of intended recipients of commercial electronic messages, or ensure that the messages being sent, …

In November, 2013 the Supreme Court of Canada declared Alberta’s Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA) to be unconstitutional, but suspended the effect of the ruling for 12 months to permit legislative changes to be brought forward to remedy the deficiencies. …

Over the past years the USA has implemented initiatives to limit the volume of spam email. Later in 2014 Canada will join other OECD countries by finally implementing its own anti-spam regulation. My colleague James Bond Q.C. and I have both previously written …

The Government of Canada announced today that most of Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation (“CASL”) will come into force on July 1st, 2014. After that date, organizations will either have to have the prior consent of intended recipients of “commercial electronic messages”, …

The British Columbia Information and Privacy Commissioner has now released her investigation report on recent privacy breaches which occured in the BC Ministry of Health. The report can be found on the Commissioner’s website as No. F13-02. The report indicates that …